Tag: spinners
We Weren't Brave Enough To Put Bowlers Under Pressure: Kohli After WTC Final Loss
Indian team skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday blamed his batsmen for not being brave enough to put the New Zealand bowlers under pressure and for setting a target that was 30-40 runs short in the World Test Championship final defeat. ....
Worked With Coaches, Jayant Yadav To Return To Form: Chahal
India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who on Sunday night kept the Sri Lankan innings in check in the middle-overs, has kept his place in the Indian team intact even as Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav, with whom he had helped India win matches in the past, has faded away. ....
Ashes, 2nd Test: Kevin Pietersen Slams England Batters' Approach Against Nathan Lyon
Former England batter Kevin Pietersen has slammed the approach of the visitors' batting order against Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon in the ongoing second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval. ....
SA V IND: South Africa And India Itching To Go All-out In A Winner Takes It All Decider
One couldn't have asked for anything better in the Test series between South Africa and India. The series is poised at 1-1 and with the decider Test starting from Tuesday at Newlands in Cape Town, a place which favours pacers due to bounce and lateral movement, one is in store for a cracking winner takes it all affair. ....
IND Vs SA, 3rd Test: Gautam Gambhir Calls Virat Kohli Immature For His Stump Mic Rant
Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir has expressed his displeasure over Test skipper Virat Kohli's rant in front of the stump mic after South African captain Dean Elgar survived a DRS review on the third day of the deciding Test at Newlands, Cape Town on Thursday. ....
IND V SA: For A Period Of Time, India Forgot About The Game, Says Dean Elgar On DRS Drama
South Africa captain Dean Elgar believes India expressing their displeasure over the DRS call off him worked well for his team as the tourists forgot the match situation for a period of time. ....
Team India Needs To Figure Out Which Spinners Will Get Them Wickets, Says Harbhajan Singh
Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said on Saturday that the side needs to look out for 'wicket-taking' spinners. In the three-match ODI series, which India have lost, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal have been out-bowled by South Africa's troika of spinners, Tabraiz Shamsi, Keshav Maharaj and part-timer Aiden Markram. ....
Spinners, Renuka, Smriti Help India Clinch Seventh Women's Asia Cup Title, Outplay Sri Lanka By Eight Wickets
Spinners and Renuka Thakur gave a stellar show in restricting Sri Lanka to 65/9, before Smriti Mandhana smashed an unbeaten 25-ball fifty to help India clinch their seventh Women's Asia Cup title, outplaying Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the title clash at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. ....
2nd ODI: Iyer, Gill, Suryakumar, Rahul, Spinners Shine As India Clinch Series Win Over Australia
Led by sparkling centuries from Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill, coupled with blazing half-centuries by KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav, and followed by Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja taking three wickets, India got a convincing 99-run victory (DLS method) over Australia to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead at Holkar Stadium on Sunday.....
